Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Senegal

Total fertility rate in Senegal in 2024 — 3.77 births. Ranked 33 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 46.2%.

2024 3.77 births −1.39% vs 2023
World rank 33of 217
Period maximum 7.29 births1980
Period minimum 3.77 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Senegal, 1960–202434567819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7 births1962: 7.08 births1964: 7.16 births1966: 7.22 births1968: 7.25 births1970: 7.26 births1972: 7.26 births1974: 7.25 births1976: 7.26 births1978: 7.28 births1980: 7.29 births1982: 7.25 births1984: 7.11 births1986: 6.9 births1988: 6.58 births1990: 6.4 births1992: 6.15 births1994: 5.92 births1996: 5.72 births1998: 5.58 births2000: 5.5 births2002: 5.3 births2004: 5.19 births2006: 5.06 births2008: 5.02 births2010: 5.06 births2012: 5.13 births2014: 4.88 births2016: 4.65 births2018: 4.29 births2020: 4 births2022: 3.86 births2024: 3.77 births
Change over the period: −3.23 (−46.18%) Average annual rate: -0.96 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Senegal

Senegal 3.77 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Western Africa computed 4.37 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 3.77 −0.05 −1.39%
2023 3.82 −0.05 −1.19%
2022 3.86 −0.07 −1.83%
2021 3.94 −0.07 −1.67%
2020 4 −0.1 −2.37%
2019 4.1 −0.19 −4.52%
2018 4.29 −0.2 −4.34%
2017 4.49 −0.16 −3.42%
2016 4.65 −0.1 −2.17%
2015 4.75 −0.13 −2.72%
2014 4.88 −0.17 −3.27%
2013 5.05 −0.08 −1.56%
2012 5.13 +0.03 +0.59%
2011 5.1 +0.04 +0.87%
2010 5.06 +0.03 +0.6%
2009 5.03 +0 +0.02%
2008 5.02 +0.01 +0.12%
2007 5.02 −0.05 −0.91%
2006 5.06 −0.07 −1.34%
2005 5.13 −0.06 −1.14%
2004 5.19 −0.05 −1.03%
2003 5.25 −0.05 −1.04%
2002 5.3 −0.1 −1.78%
2001 5.4 −0.1 −1.84%
2000 5.5 −0.08 −1.35%
1999 5.57 −0.01 −0.14%
1998 5.58 −0.06 −1.03%
1997 5.64 −0.08 −1.47%
1996 5.72 −0.1 −1.65%
1995 5.82 −0.1 −1.62%
1994 5.92 −0.13 −2.22%
1993 6.05 −0.1 −1.63%
1992 6.15 −0.12 −1.88%
1991 6.27 −0.13 −2.02%
1990 6.4 −0.08 −1.28%
1989 6.48 −0.1 −1.49%
1988 6.58 −0.21 −3.07%
1987 6.79 −0.12 −1.7%
1986 6.9 −0.11 −1.58%
1985 7.01 −0.1 −1.38%
1984 7.11 −0.08 −1.08%
1983 7.19 −0.06 −0.77%
1982 7.25 −0.03 −0.47%
1981 7.28 −0.01 −0.18%
1980 7.29 +0 +0.03%
1979 7.29 +0.01 +0.15%
1978 7.28 +0.01 +0.15%
1977 7.27 +0.01 +0.14%
1976 7.26 +0.01 +0.08%
1975 7.25 +0 +0%
1974 7.25 −0 −0.04%
1973 7.26 −0 −0.04%
1972 7.26 −0 −0.04%
1971 7.26 −0 −0.01%
1970 7.26 +0 +0.04%
1969 7.26 +0.01 +0.11%
1968 7.25 +0.01 +0.19%
1967 7.24 +0.02 +0.28%
1966 7.22 +0.03 +0.38%
1965 7.19 +0.03 +0.46%
1964 7.16 +0.04 +0.52%
1963 7.12 +0.04 +0.58%
1962 7.08 +0.04 +0.58%
1961 7.04 +0.04 +0.6%
1960 7

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.